Tag: Historic Racing

Here’s a terrific scrap between a pair of Porsche 911 RSRs during the recent Youngtimer Trophy at Zolder.

The cars are fighting for the lead. In front is the white Team Mittelmotor car of Charles Voggenreiter, chasing is the purple car of Dr. Edgar Althoff.

If you thought historic racing was a nice way to stretch the legs of a retired older 911, this video will put you straight. The drivers put their cars through hell: sliding, braking later than they dare, sliding, banging gears and almost but not quite banging door handles too.

The white car is leaking oil onto the exhaust, hence the smoke. You can see the effect it has on Althoff’s windscreen. Voggenreiter slides off the track and still manages to be [...]

Last weekend was the 2011 Oldtimer GP at the Nürburgring. Billed by the organisers as the biggest classic car event in Europe, 2011 again attracted numerous automotive jewels to northern Germany. TwinSpark Racing’s Leonard Stolk took son Daan and our ST rally car, Silverado, down to the circuit for a day trip and to catch up with the on-track happenings.

Driving the Oldtimer GP is a goal of TwinSpark Racing, so we like to keep an eye on who is there and how fast they are! This year’s event seemed to be well attended: the ‘Ring had been transformed into a rolling open-air museum. The boys managed a few snaps in the public parking, where there were some interesting Porsche cars. Plenty of Sport Classics and new Speedsters suggest some enthusiast purchases have been involved: not just speculators.

I’ve been working on the promo campaign for the TwinSpark RSR brakes from Zuffenhaus in the USA.

If you’ve not been following the brake story, Zuffenhaus set out to make proper high-end cast reproductions of the legendary RSR brakes from the early 1970s, using traditional methods of production, with modern internals from the 911 Turbo parts catalogue. They didn’t just succeed in their task, they went beyond all expectations. Brake testing has shown exceptional stopping power and our first full race with the brakes fitted brought us a win. Enough said!

We have these excellent brakes available from stock now. They’re not cheap, but development costs were high, and our finished product is beautiful. They’re not as much money as others [...]